The Be-Attitudes in Managing Wealth - June 12, 2022

by Pastor Chuck Ryan

The Be-Attitudes in Managing Wealth
Text: James 5:1-6
Thesis: God calls every Christian to manage the wealth he has given them and not to let wealth
control us.
a
1. Be - Generous to others… avoid selfish living!
A. Save but “Don’t hoard wealth.” (Vs. 3)
“Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can.”
John Wesley
“When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous.

Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!”

John Wesley
B. Exercise a charitable heart. (See Luke 6:37-38)
“A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be
refreshed.”
Proverbs 11:25
“A greedy man brings trouble to his family.”
Proverbs 15:27
C. Selfish living is the opposite of Godliness.
“He who is kind to the poor lends to God.”
Proverbs 19:17
2. Be - Honest in obtaining money… avoid stealing!
3.
“Thou shalt not steal.”
Exodus 20:15
3. Be - Faithful to your employees… avoid withholding pay!
“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is within your power to give.”
Proverbs 3:27
4. Be - Generous toward God… avoid loving money.
5.
A. Jesus said: “You cannot serve both God and money.”
See Matthew 6:19-24
B. The Apostle Paul states: “The Love of money is the root of all evil.”
1 Timothy 6:10
1. He did not say money was evil. It is only an economic tool.
C. The BIG question: “Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of
God’s money will I keep for myself?”
John Wesley